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Food Energetics and Dietary Materia Medica

Food Energetics and Dietary Materia Medica. TDT class 2. Vegetables. Bamboo Sprouts. Temp / Taste: Cool, sweet Channels: ST, LU Actions: Clear heat, enrich yin, relieve irritability, transform phlegm , downbear qi, promote urination , move stool. Bamboo Sprouts. Indications:

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Food Energetics and Dietary Materia Medica

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  1. Food Energetics and Dietary Materia Medica • TDT class 2

  2. Vegetables

  3. Bamboo Sprouts • Temp / Taste: Cool, sweet • Channels: ST, LU • Actions: Clear heat, enrich yin, relieve irritability, transform phlegm, downbear qi, promote urination, move stool

  4. Bamboo Sprouts • Indications: • ST heat: Heartburn, gastritis, stomach/intestinal ulcers, thirst, dry mouth • LU phlegm-heat: Bronchitis, sinusitis with viscous yellow phlegm: boil bamboo sprouts,eat cold with ginger, vinegar and salt

  5. Cabbage • Temp / Taste: Neutral (PP: sl warming), sweet (PP: + acrid) • Channels: LI, ST • Actions: Supplements middle jiao, stops pain, promotes digestion, moistens LI

  6. Cabbage • Indications: • SP/ST disharmony with stagnation: Cramping stomach pain, constipation • Stomach/intestinal ulcers • External: skin eruptions (PP)

  7. Carrot • Temp / Taste: Neutral, sweet • Channels: LU, SP, LR • Actions: Benefits LU, supplements SP, regulates LR, promotes urination, expels stones, downbears ST qi, benefits skin and eyes

  8. Cucumber • Temp / Taste: Cool, sweet • Channels: SP, ST, LI • Actions: Clears heat, promotes urination, reduces swelling, alleviates toxicity, clears skin

  9. Cucumber • Indications: • Heat: Thirst, anxiety, swelling and pain in throat, red swollen eyes, skin inflammation and eruption • Summerheat: Good for conditions aggravated by hot weather • External application: Red, swollen, dry eyes; facial skin renewal; sunburn • LI damp-heat: Traveler’s diarrhea

  10. Eggplant • Temp / Taste: Cool, sweet, sl bitter • Channels: ST, SP, LI • Actions: Clears heat, moves blood, cools blood, reduces swelling, stops pain, harmonizes LR & uterus • Indications: • Blood heat: Itching red skin, skin ulcers, mastitis, carbuncle, bloody stool, hemorrhoids

  11. Green Onion • Temp / Taste: Warm, acrid • Channels: LU, ST • Actions: Releases exterior, dissipates cold, alleviates toxicity

  12. Green Onion • Indications: • Wind-cold invasion: Aversion to cold, fever without sweating, headaches, stuffy nose • Cold in middle jiao: Abdominal pain, diarrhea: decoct with ginger • Parasites: Abdominal pain: 30g green onion juice with 30g sesame oil daily • Contraindications: Spontaneous sweating, general weakness

  13. Leek韭 • Temp / Taste: Warm, acrid • Channels: LU, LR, ST, KD • Actions: Regulates qi, dispels blood stasis, supplements KD yang, warms middle jiao, dissipates cold, releases exterior, alleviates toxicity

  14. Leek • Indications: • Cold in middle jiao: Abdominal pain, diarrhea, difficulty swallowing • KD yang deficiency: Impotence, low libido, premature ejaculation, lumbar pain/weakness • Blood stasis: Abdominal swelling and pain • Wind-cold: Initial stage, chills, aversion to cold • Contraindications: Heat symptoms, yin deficiency

  15. Lettuce生菜 Temp / Taste: Cool, sweet, bitter Channels: LI, ST Actions: Clears heat, promotes urination, promotes lactation Indications: Heat: Restlessness, thirst, anxiety UB damp heat: Burning scanty dark urine Post-partum: Lack of breast milk

  16. Onion • Temp / Taste: Warm, acrid (sweet if braised) • Channels: LU, ST, LI • Actions: Supplements ST, regulates qi, dispels blood stasis, expels cold, effuses sweat, regulates qi, supplements middle jiao

  17. Onion • Indications: • Hyperlipidemia, hypertension, arteriosclerosis • Phlegm-damp in LU: Cough: boil onion with 1 tsp honey, apply externally on chest • Use onion juice for insect bites, swelling & pain • Contraindications: Heat symptoms, yin deficiency

  18. Seaweed • Temp / Taste: Cold, salty • Channels: KD, LR, LU • Actions: Clears heat, moistens dryness, enriches yin, softens hardness, transforms phlegm, promotes urination

  19. Seaweed • Indications: • LU phlegm-heat: Cough with sticky yellow phlegm • Alcohol consumption in excess with heat symptoms • Edema • Caution: Too salty to be consumed in excess

  20. Spinach • Temp / Taste: Cool, sweet • Channels: ST, LR, LI, SI • Actions: Clears heat, moistens dryness, generates fluids, supplements blood, supplements LR, yin, downbears qi

  21. Spinach • Indications: • ST heat: Heartburn, gastritis, stomach ulcers, thirst, dry mouth, restlessness • LR yin deficiency heat: Headache, dizziness, tinnitus, red eyes, restlessness, blurred vision, night blindness, insomnia • Alcohol intoxication: Tinnitus, hypertension: blanch spinach and let cool, season with soy sauce, vinegar and salt

  22. Spinach • Blood heat: Nosebleeds, itching red skin eruptions • LI dry heat: Constipation, anal fistula, hemorrhoids, bloody stool, chronic constipation in elderly • Contraindications: Middle jiao deficiency with diarrhea

  23. Sweet Potato • Temp / Taste: Neutral, tends to warm, sweet • Channels: SP, ST, KD • Actions: Supplements middle jiao, supplements qi and blood, regulates qi, harmonizes blood, generates fluids, nourishes KD yin

  24. Sweet Potato • Indications: • ST/SP qi or yang deficiency: Cold-type diarrhea or constipation, weakness • Contraindications: Excessive amounts lead to stagnation with abdominal bloating and distension

  25. Tomato • Temp / Taste: Cold, sweet, sour • Channels: ST, LR • Actions: Clears heat, enriches LR yin, generates fluids, moistens dryness, cools blood, strengthens ST

  26. Tomato • Indications: • Blood heat: Nosebleeds, itching red skin eruptions, seasonal or sun allergies • LR yin deficiency heat: Headache, dizziness, tinnitus, red eyes, restlessness, blurred vision, night blindness, insomnia, hypertension • ST yin deficiency: Thirst, dry throat, lack of appetite, restlessness

  27. Tomato • Heat, fluid deficiency: Restlessness, nervousness: fresh tomato with sugar or mix with melon juice • Contraindications: Cold in middle jiao. Very cooling, do not exceed two tomatoes per day; green tomatoes weaken KD.

  28. GRAINS

  29. According to TCM, grains should be the main part of the daily diet • Mostly sweet, warm-neutral-cool, primarily affect SP-ST • Support Qi, Yin and Yang • Calming, emotional balance

  30. Barley大麦 • Temp / Taste: Cool, salty, sweet • Channels: SP, ST, UB • Actions: Clears heat, moistens dryness, relieves thirst, nourishes yin, harmonizes ST, removes food stagnation, promotes urination

  31. Barley • Indications: • Heat symptoms: Agitation, insomnia, dry mouth • Middle jiao disharmony: Nausea, vomiting, bloating, abdominal pain • Edema • Dysuria: decoct with ginger juice and honey

  32. Buckwheat荞 • Temp / Taste: Cool (PP: neutral, some say warm), sweet • Channels: ST, SP, LI • Actions: Downbears qi, supplements SP, drains dampness, resolves food stagnation

  33. Buckwheat • Indications: • Counterflow ST qi: Nausea, vomiting, bloating, abdominal pain, take roasted or decoct with turnips • Damp-heat in lower jiao: for dysentery powder and take with white sugar, for leukorrhea powder and mix with chicken’s egg whites to form pills • Skin eruptions & burns: Roast, powder & apply topically with vinegar

  34. Corn • Temp / Taste: Neutral, sweet • Channels: K, LI, ST • Actions: Supplements middle jiao, kidneys, qi and blood. Aids transportation of fluids, harmonizes ST, seeps dampness.

  35. Corn • Indications: • Middle jiao deficiency: Low appetite, indigestion, diarrhea • Kidney yin deficiency: Weakness in lower limbs, impotence • Edema: Corn silk tea

  36. Millet粟 • Temp / Taste: Neutral or slightly warm (Liu: slightly cold, PP: cooling), sweet, salty • Channels: ST, SP, KD • Actions: Supplements and harmonizes middle jiao (second only to rice), strengthens KD, supplements blood and qi, dispels dampness, transforms phlegm, downbear counterflow ST qi, promotes urination, alleviates toxicity

  37. Millet • Indications: • Middle jiao deficiency: Low appetite, general weakness, fatigue, diarrhea • SP qi deficiency with damp • Phlegm disorders: Heavy head, sinus congestion, heavy limbs, nausea • ST qi counterflow: Vomiting, morning sickness

  38. Millet • Stomach or intestinal infections: Acute nausea, diarrhea following intake of spoiled food • General weakness and cold, especially in lower body

  39. Oats燕麦 • Temp / Taste: Neutral to warm, sweet, sl bitter • Channels: ST, SP, KD • Actions: Supplements qi and blood, moves qi, strengthens sinews, dispels dampness

  40. Oats • Indications: • General qi, blood and yang deficiency • Exhaustion • Recovery after chronic illness • General weakness, esp children & elderly • Caution in heat patterns; excessive amounts can produce anxiety, nervousness, sleep disturbance

  41. Rice (White and Brown) • Temp / Taste: Neutral, sweet • Channels: SP, ST, LU • Actions: Supplements qi and blood, harmonizes ST, strengthens SP, regulates and produces fluids, stops diarrhea, seeps dampness

  42. Rice (White and Brown) • Indications: • SP/ST deficiency: General weakness, low appetite, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea. Take powdered with wheat bran in millet gruel boiled with pork • ST yin deficiency with heat: Thirst, dry mouth, restlessness, insomnia, stabilizes mood • Glutinous rice is more warming, supplements qi and blood, enters LU, SP & ST; long grain rice supplements SP/ST and relieves thirst.

  43. Rye黑麦 • Temp / Taste: Neutral to cool, bitter • Channels: GB, LR, SP, HT • Actions: Dispels dampness, promotes urination, moves stagnant LR qi, strengthens sinew & bone, fingernails and hair • Indications: • Accumulation of phlegm and fluids.

  44. Spelt • Temp / Taste: Neutral to cool, sweet • Channels: SP, ST, LR • Actions: Similar to wheat, with slightly more warming nature, not as likely to form dampness • Indications: • Similar to wheat. Preferred to wheat where the patient may be allergic to wheat.

  45. Wheat • Temp / Taste: Cool, possibly cold, sweet • Channels: HT, LR, SP, KD • Actions: Clears heat, supplements SP/KD, nourishes HT yin, builds qi and blood (when combined with warm foods), relieves thirst, promotes urination

  46. Wheat • Indications: • General heat symptoms: Dry mouth, fever, sweating; well suited to lower fever in small children • Restless organ: Agitation, anxiety, irritability, insomnia, emotional upset. (w/licorice and jujube) • Liver heat or yang rising: Irritability, disturbed sleep, headache, itchy eyes

  47. Wheat • LR blood deficiency: Itchy skin disorders, allergies • Menopause: hot flashes, night sweats • Difficult urination: decoct with Deng Xin Cao • Excessive amounts can cause dampness or phlegm • Wheat flour: warm Wheat germ: cold Wheat bran: cool

  48. LEGUMES豆类

  49. Aduki bean • Temp / Taste: Neutral, sweet, sour • Channels: HT, SI • Actions: Clears Heat and promotes urination; Disperses Congealed Blood, swelling, and Fire Toxin. Clears Damp Heat.

  50. Aduki bean • Indications: • Clears Heat and promotes urination; used for ascites, painful urination and Leg Qi edema. • Disperses Congealed Blood, swelling, and Fire Poison associated with sores and abscesses. • Clears mild cases of Damp Heat with jaundice.

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